Everything I did in the jails - chain gangs, everything - I haven't changed the policy. I did it, I stand by it, and I'm not going to change.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made.
When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment.
I had to go to jail, which was probably the most humbling thing I've ever had to deal with in my life.
I am no longer a criminal. I gave up that practice years ago.
Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.
The second time I went to jail, I was like, 'Okay, this is not the move.'
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets - but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.